Chicago – McDonald’s, Starbucks Agree To Filter Wi-Fi Connectivity

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    Customers use laptop computers in Starbucks' Vigo Street branch in Mayfair, central London January 11, 2013.  REUTERS/Stefan WermuthChicago – McDonald’s and Starbucks are implementing filtering technology that blocks customers using Wi-Fi from accessing pornography sites.

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    The move follows a campaign from anti-pornography groups Enough is Enough and the National Center on Sexual Exploitation to demand the chains filter out pornography.

    Oak Brook, Illinois-based McDonald’s says in a statement that Wi-Fi filtering has been activated in the majority of its nearly 14,000 restaurants nationwide. A spokesperson for Seattle-based Starbucks says it is implementing filtering once it can find a system that “also doesn’t involuntarily block unintended content.”

    Enough is Enough President Donna Rice Hughes applauds the moves and says the organization plans to push other businesses and venues to filter their Wi-Fi.

    The National Center for Sexual Exploitation says chains such as Chick-fil-A and Panera Bread already block porn on Wi-Fi.


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    Ha-arah
    Ha-arah
    7 years ago

    Now maybe Yeshiva University will also start filtering it’s wifi on campus….they need to learn from McDonald’s

    starfish
    starfish
    7 years ago

    you mean the world is finally coming to its senses – what refreshing news

    DMD45
    DMD45
    7 years ago

    …and now we will see many different opinions on what political outlooks, statements, and opinions constitute “pornography” …depending upon who makes the judgment of what is possul and what is muttar !!! דמד

    LionofZion
    LionofZion
    7 years ago

    #1 , Loshon Haraah,

    A. How do you know whether Yeshiva University filters Internet.
    B. Why do you care whether Yeshiva University filters Internet?
    C. Why do you feel that it is acceptable to defame Yeshiva University and engage in Loshon Horah to the many readers at VIN who had no idea about the Internet at YU?